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You're never too old to learn to bicycle! Instructors will work one-on-one to teach the basics of balancing, starting, stopping and steering a bike, as well as proper helmet fit and adjustment. Most people learn to ride their bike while taking the class, but even if they don't, they will leave with tips to continue teaching […]
Our next Strategic Plan is taking shape, and we need member input to ensure we’re heading in the right direction. Join us to hear about our progress to date and what we learned from a recent member survey. You’ll then have the opportunity to work with other members to provide input to set the best […]
Join us at our upcoming SoMa Member Committee meeting on Aug. 29 to learn about what different steps go into approving a project and how best to influence that process. As a group, we will come up with strategies specific to Folsom and Howard’s approval timelines to make sure that they move forward on time […]
Join us for our September Coffee Club! Our monthly Coffee Club is a perfect place to meet new people, talk bikes, share tips and caffeinate together. If you’re new to riding or interested but haven’t gotten rolling yet, this is a perfect place to find riding buddies and answer some of your questions about biking in SF. Bring […]
Practice what you learned in the Traffic Skills 101 Classroom workshop. This on-bicycle class follows a comfortable progression onto city streets, beginning with a short review of the lessons from the Classroom course. After a basic bike maintenance session, the class will practice bike maneuvering skills in a car-free practice area before riding on the […]
Join the Gals for a ride from Golden Gate Park to Ocean Beach, down Great Highway to Sloat and return. We’ll show you a route, provide tips for riding in the city, and have a relaxing ride. Please arrive by 9:45 for a timely departure. Level:  A Distance: About 10 miles, generally flat. Start and Finish: […]
SF Safe Routes to School welcomes all students and families to the community starting point for walkers and rollers to school. See friends and neighbors at Excelsior Playground and enjoy a healthy start to your day. Participating Safe Routes schools are SF Community School, Cleveland Elementary, and Monroe Elementary. Walk on over, bring your bike or scooter, hop […]
First Tuesday of every month the SF Bicycle Coalition leads a Bike & Roll to School "bike train" from Excelsior Playground Hub to nearby elementary schools. Parents, teachers and students gather with bikes and scooters (and helmets!). If you take the bus or drive to school, hop off MUNI at Madrid and Persia or park the car by the playground, […]
With so many bike projects building out connections between Golden Gate Park to Market Street, we are hosting a happy hour on September 5 to bring people together to talk about all the different projects underway. Join us to speak directly to the SFMTA planner and to learn about how you can get involved. […]
Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Summer of Love with a summer sunset ride on Thursday, Sept. 7 at 6:00 pm. We’ll meet on Haight Street and Baker Street in front of Buena Vista park then ride through the Haight and along JFK to Ocean Beach where we’ll lock up our bikes (don't forget your lock!), plop […]
100 Riddles. 12 Hours. 1 City. The SF Hunt is back. For the third time, we'll be taking over San Francisco for one insane all-day biking scavenger hunt. This city will become a treasure map and along the way, there will be ridiculousness, new friends, and maybe a Facetime with your mom. She deserves to […]
Join LifeMoves in a 40 mile community ride to raise critically-needed funds to support the high-impact housing programs and services provided by LifeMoves. With your support, we can help our neighbors experiencing homelessness in the Bay Area!
Come bike for butterfat! The Tour du Fromage blends San Francisco's cycling community and our cheese community - two passionate and surprisingly connected groups. All cheese and bike lovers are welcome to join the ride. This year's tour, presented by Velo Fromage, is benefitting the California Artisan Cheese Guild, in collaboration with the Third Annual […]
September's Girls Riding Club (GRC) kickoff ride will take us to the Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory, one of the only places you can still find handmade fortune cookies. Check out our Eventbrite page for more information and registration. Girls' Riding Club is a program that started in 2015 to get more girls* riding and […]
Freedom from Training Wheels is a great way to get kids riding without training wheels. Bring your child’s bike and helmet if you have them. If not, we have a few balance bikes for kids aged 2-5. We will be at this and every Sunday Streets, so we hope to see you there! If you want […]
Front seat, back seat, tag-along or family bike? A Family Bike is a great option to take smaller children to school before you bike to work, for shopping and errands, and for bike trips where your child is not ready to ride on their own. You can even load your child's bike along with your […]
Already feel reasonably comfortable riding your bike in the city? Have a good sense of your rights and responsibilities? Then it’s time for you to develop your skills even further. This brand-new classroom course teaches more advanced skills and techniques: riding in all weather, nighttime riding, keeping you and your bike safe, and more! No […]
The Bike Kitchen is a volunteer run non-profit that teaches folks how to fix their bikes. We have a full workshop of bike tools, stands and used parts that you can use to repair your bike or build up a new one. The Bike Kitchen is open exclusively to WTF* folks every 2nd and 4th […]
The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition is proud to present Ride with Respect, a bike bell distribution campaign! With our amazing member-volunteers, we'll distribute hundreds of bike bells and spread the word on how people can respectfully share our streets and public spaces. For people who bike, riding with respect includes following the rules of the […]
Please join longtime and new members who are working to strengthen the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition by involving more members in better Board elections, and preserving members' rights to vote. Everyone's ideas welcome!
CycleHack is a 48 hr event which aims to reduce the barriers to cycling, taking place across the globe in September 2017! Now in its fourth year, CycleHack is an annual event, taking place in over 35 different locations simultaneously on one weekend in September. CycleHack is on a mission to make the world more […]
Come learn the basics of biking in San Francisco at our Intro to Urban Bicycling Workshop. In partnership with Ford GoBikes, we are offering our 1-hour course covering bicycling for everyday riding in SF, the rules of the road, route planning, how to use Ford GoBikes, and details of Bike Share for All (Ford GoBikes' program for […]
How is the SF Bike Network doing, as a real, living thing? Andy's Audits are a series of "whole trip" evaluations of actual San Francisco bicycle trips, from Point A to Point B, connecting some real world dots by bicycle and measuring where a bit more bike love could make the network light up for […]
Urban Trails. Come check out some of the trails in and near the southern part of San Francisco. Some paved, some dirt. We'll leave from Precita Park, heading towards Mt San Bruno via interesting trails en route. Then a descent on the Old Ranch Road trail towards the Bay, along the waterfront then to the […]
Can’t get enough bike touring and tree gazing? Or did you miss the first Friends of the Urban Forest Landmark Tree Bike Tour? Luckily there are more trees to see in part two of FUF’s Landmark Tree Bike Tour series! Join Friends of the Urban Forest and Ellyn Shea, local arborist and professional horticulturist of […]
In conjunction with the opening of The Common’s, a new gathering space on Headlands' Center for the Arts, the Studio for Urban Projects with Packard Jennings, will host a “pedal-in” to the Headlands campus. The ride will feature a series of talks focused on bicycling as a way of claiming public space from our city […]
Join us for the #WomenWhoBike Scavenger Hunt with Athleta + Ford GoBike in SF Ride Ford GoBike throughout SF during this fun scavenger hunt and share your journey on Instagram. Take a free class at a participating studio, visit a neighborhood museum, and get other goodies from our partners! Registration is FREE from 11am - […]
Join us for a fun and inspiring evening honoring San Francisco Bicycle Coalition members with a decade or more of support. If you’ve been a member for ten or more years, please join us to celebrate all your membership has accomplished. We’ll have snacks, drinks and valet bicycle parking. Powered by Eventbrite
Looking to get comfortable riding in San Francisco? Join us for a two-hour course covering all you need to know for biking in SF and the Bay Area. This is the perfect class for anyone already riding to hone their skills, or people interested in riding but intimidated by urban traffic. This comprehensive course uses the […]
Join the volunteers who keep the SF Bicycle Coalition membership strong. No cold-calling, just calls to friendly lapsed members offering an easy way to renew. Plan to stay for the thank-you dinner afterward and get to know your fellow volunteers. Volunteer today!
Come out to this special night of theater that’s specifically for people who bike! Join us for a pre-show happy hour from 7:00 - 8:00 pm at A.C.T.’s Sky Bar (inside the Geary Theater) for complimentary beer and snacks. Patrons who bike to the theater receive a special discount on tickets ($35 Orchestra, $25 Mezzanine, and […]
Flex your advocacy muscle and become a Bicycle Ambassador! Come to our training to get up to date on what's going on with the SF Bicycle Coalition and learn how to sign up new members. This training will also prepare you to volunteer at races, festivals, Service Stations and other events. Please note that you […]
Join us for an extra special weekend of fun with Hall of Fame luminaries and friends from around the world at the 2017 Induction Celebration at the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame in Fairfax, California. This is our biggest event of the year! Event #1: September 22nd, 6:00-8:30 PM. Friday evening Meet and Greet at […]
Bike MS: Waves to Wine will take you farther than you’ve ever gone before. Enjoy a 1-day or 2-day cycling adventure with 2,200 other passionate individuals. Customize your own challenge: depart from San Francisco and traverse coastal Highway 1 on one of our longer routes or cruise the rolling hills and back roads of Sonoma […]
On the corner of Mission and 13th Street is a worn plaque proclaiming the location where Woodward's Gardens once stood. Today, the site is an unassuming and blighted brick building sitting adjacent to a freeway overpass, but 130 years ago the site held a zoo and museum on the side of a steep hill. ​ […]
Join the San Francisco Shared Schoolyard Project and Supervisor Mark Farrell at McKinley Elementary School on Saturday, September 23 from 11am-1pm for an exciting kick-off event marking the grand opening of the schoolyard for public use on weekends. This event will include games and activities for the whole neighborhood, free lunch and a ribbon cutting […]
Roaming Zen is a series that takes your meditation off the cushion and into the great outdoors in all parts of San Francisco. While most of them are done on foot, occasionally we do versions on two wheels. On Saturday September 23rd, we will take a leisurely pedal south along the Embarcadero and Mission Bay, […]
You're never too old to learn to bicycle! Instructors will work one-on-one to teach the basics of balancing, starting, stopping and steering a bike, as well as proper helmet fit and adjustment. Most people learn to ride their bike while taking the class, but even if they don't, they will leave with tips to continue teaching […]
Join the voice of the transit rider during San Francisco Transit Riders' second annual Transit Week! This year we're sharing our stories of #WhyIRide, and planning daily events and giveaways to celebrate public transit and all those who ride it. 9/25 Transit Week Kick-Off! 12pm, on the City Hall steps. 9/26 Trivia Takeover: Transit trivia […]
Calling all high school students! YBike, along with USA Cycling coach and professional cyclist Jennifer Tetrick, will be hosting a FREE weekly bike program at the Polo Fields in Golden Gate Park. Come improve your bike handling, learn race tactics, and hang out with other young folks who love bikes! All students will also receive […]
The Bike Kitchen is a volunteer run non-profit that teaches folks how to fix their bikes. We have a full workshop of bike tools, stands and used parts that you can use to repair your bike or build up a new one. The Bike Kitchen is open exclusively to WTF* folks every 2nd and 4th […]
The committee meets monthly to consider bicycle transportation projects and policies to make recommendations to the Board of Supervisors, the SFMTA, and other City and County agencies. More details here.
The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition is proud to present Ride with Respect, a bike bell distribution campaign! With our amazing member-volunteers, we'll distribute hundreds of bike bells and spread the word on how people can respectfully share our streets and public spaces. For people who bike, riding with respect includes following the rules of the […]
*Events not officially sponsored or organized by the SF Bicycle Coalition are marked with an asterisk. We post events that might be of interest to our SF area members; we do not necessarily endorse any particular group or perspective you may find represented here.
